GeoNames Forum

I'm getting an error when trying to check the population using the Java API. I did find the documentation for this error but it's not detailed enough for me to understand how to fix it.

I search for a place by name:
Code:

ToponymSearchCriteria searchCriteria = new ToponymSearchCriteria();
 searchCriteria.setName(candidatePlace);
 List<Toponym> hits = check.getToponyms();

Then I loop through the hits list, checking whether each one is an exact name match...
Code:

if (testing.getName().equals(candidatePlace)) {...

And whether it's in a hashset of acceptable feature codes that I created...
Code:

if (acceptableClasses.contains(testing.getFeatureCode())) {...

And that all works fine. But when I want to check whether the population is big enough, seemingly in a very similar way, it doesn't work.
Code:

if (testing.getPopulation() > 10000) {...

This throws
Code:

org.geonames.InsufficientStyleException: population not supported by style MEDIUM

What is "style MEDIUM" in this context? Is there something wrong with the way I've retrieved the list of candidate Toponyms?

The api is using the xml webservice:
http://www.geonames.org/export/geonames-search.html

The xml response only includes population data for style 'FULL' or 'LONG'. You therefore have to set the style to be able to retrieve the population for the search.

Best Regards

Marc